Body Serums Are the Bikini-Season Savior You Should Start Using Now

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You've probably been using face serum to target specific skin care issues for years — vitamin C serum for brightening, a hyaluronic formula for moisture, and an antioxidant tonic for antiaging. Now those luxury, deep-penetrating treatments are getting a full-body update. These elixirs aren't like your typical body lotions or butters. First of all, these body serums are a lot thinner in consistency in order to get the ingredients deeper into the skin (most other body formulas just create a barrier over the surface). But the light finish makes them perfect to use alone during the warmer months, or you can layer a serum under your moisturizer during the Winter — just like you would with your facial regimen. You'll find that, after a few weeks of steady application, the flaky patches on your feet, the discoloration on your thighs, those bumps on the back of your arms, and even the dark spots on your elbows seem less noticeable. It's like getting a blurring self-tanner treatment that never wears off!

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Kahina Essaouira Body Serum

Kahina Essaouira Body Serum

Made with floral notes such as rose and lavender and essential oils like petitgrain, Essaouira ($32) will transport you back to the Moroccan coast. The moisturizing ingredients in this body serum combine absorbent antioxidant and vitamin-rich oils (such as argan, watermelon seed, and sunflower seed) to give your skin that soft touch.

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L'Occitane Almond Velvet Youthful Body Serum

L'Occitane Almond Velvet Youthful Body Serum

The L'Occitane Almond Velvet Youthful Body Serum ($52) is the perfect balance between a body lotion and face serum. The silky cream is packed with vitamin C and almond extract to treat dull skin from the neck down. After just one use, we noticed those tiny imperfections seemed to blur and we had a brighter complexion overall.

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Vaseline Healing Serum

Vaseline Healing Serum

While most lotions lock in moisture by sitting on top of the skin, the Vaseline Healing Serum ($9) penetrates deeper into the skin with miniature droplets of moisturizing ingredients. There's no sticky finish or shine left over once you apply this product — only satin smooth skin.

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One Love Organics Daily Body Serum

One Love Organics Daily Body Serum

The spray bottle is a total game changer with the One Love Organics Daily Body Serum ($39). You don't have to worry about making contortionist-type moves to get this body oil on your back or about spilling half the contents down the drain. The formula is a mix of green tea oil, sea buckthorn oil, and red rooibos tea extract. Spritz it on right after your shower for a smoothing treatment that won't leave your skin greasy.

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Clarins Renew Plus Body Serum

Clarins Renew Plus Body Serum

You know those annoying bumps on the back of your arms? Well, they will be a thing of the past after using the Clarins Body Serum ($64) for a few weeks. Sorbier bud helps boost circulation and katafray extract hydrates the skin. We noticed a decrease in flaky patches and ashy areas almost immediately.

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Ahava Dead Sea Osmoter Body Concentrate

Ahava Dead Sea Osmoter Body Concentrate

Applying the Ahava Dead Sea Osmoter Body Concentrate ($45) is sort of like sprinkling your skin in gold dust. The serum contains minerals from the Dead Sea that help increase circulation. The result is a lit-from-within glow and a more even skin tone.

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Sunday Riley Juno Body Serum

Sunday Riley Juno Body Serum

Typically we like to apply body oil to damp skin to avoid that baby oil shine, but the Sunday Riley Juno Transformative Lipid Body Serum ($105) melts into dry skin without leaving a residue behind. The ingredient list reads more like a grocery list with antioxidant-rich watermelon seed oil, raspberry oil, coconut oil, and broccoli seed oil.

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Aveda Hand Relief Night Renewal Serum

Aveda Hand Relief Night Renewal Serum

Our bathrooms are packed with overnight beauty treatments for hair and skin, but the Aveda Hand Relief Night Renewal Serum ($35) was a first. But it makes perfect sense — we're constantly using our hands during the day. The lightweight cream has andiroba oil to smooth out fine lines and dark spots. We use ours just before bed with extra cuticle oil around the nail beds.

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EO Restorative Body Serum 02

EO Restorative Body Serum 02

EO Restorative Body Serum 02 ($22) is a concoction of avocado, argan, and lavender oils that's perfect to use after a long day in harsh temperatures (think: a day at the beach or a week on the slopes). We also like to pour a little bit of this serum in the bath for an extra soothing effect.

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Mio Skin Tight Tightening Body Serum

Mio Skin Tight Tightening Body Serum

Saggy butt syndrome has met its match! This Mio Skin Tight Tightening Body Serum ($56) was created to lift those loose and lumpy areas. Papaya extract exfoliates, pomegranate seed oil evens out skin tone, and green tea extract provides antioxidants. The tingling you feel as it smooths on lets you know that cellulite is a thing of the past.

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Kahina FEZ Body Serum

Kahina FEZ Body Serum

Kahina FEZ Body Serum ($98) smells like a botanical garden dream. It's a mix of argan, olive, clove, coconut, and rose oils (just to name a few), and 100 percent of the ingredients are all natural. A few pumps will leave your entire body fragrant and soft to the touch.